1950 British Empire Games

Multi-sport event in Auckland, New Zealand May 2013 January 2024 IV British Empire Games File:1950 New Zealand.jpg 170 Auckland, New Zealand 12 590 87 4 February 1950 11 February 1950 Bernard Freyberg Stan Lay Eden Park III V The 1950 British Empire Games were the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand, between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games due to World War II. The fourth games were originally awarded to Montreal, Canada and were to be held in 1942 but were cancelled due to the War.https://thecgf.com/games/auckland-1950 Auckland 1950 Commonwealth Games Federation en 28 December 2019 7 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182635/https://thecgf.com/games/auckland-1950 dead The Games were declared open by Sir Bernard Freyberg. The opening ceremony was held at Eden Park and was sold out with 40,000 people attending.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000619/19500204/008/0008 Empire Games Prospoects Birmingham Daily Post 4 February 1950 British Newspaper Archive subscription 11 September 2025 Eden Park also served as the main venue, while the closing ceremonies were held at Western Springs Stadium. Other venues included the Auckland Town Hall and the Newmarket Olympic Pool.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19490709/065/0005 The Fourth British Empire Games Ireland's Saturday Night 9 July 1949 British Newspaper Archive subscription 12 September 2025 Total attendances were 246,694; higher than the following three Games, 1954 (159,636), 1958 (178,621) and 1962 (224,987).Dheensaw page 35-41 A 1950 British Empire Games documentary film of the games was made by the New Zealand National Film Unit.Martin Helen Edwards Sam New Zealand film, 1912-1996 https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/23627951 Trove Auckland; Melbourne; Oxford :Oxford University Press 13 January 2023 1997 Participating teams thumb|250px|Countries that participated 20em Australia at the 1950 British Empire Games Canada at the 1950 British Empire Games 1921 Ceylon at the 1950 British Empire Games 1948 England at the 1950 British Empire Games Fiji at the 1950 British Empire Games colonial 23px Malaya—first appearance New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games (host) Nigeria at the 1950 British Empire Games colonial —first appearance Scotland at the 1950 British Empire Games South_Africa at the 1950 British Empire Games 1928 Southern Rhodesia at the 1950 British Empire Games Wales at the 1950 British Empire Games 1807 Medal table At the 1950 British Empire Games all the teams won at least one medal. Medals won by nation, ranked by number of golds—sortable NZL flagCGF 1950 34 27 19 19 16 13 10 22 21 yes 8 9 13 CAN 1921 8 4 8 SAF 1928 5 3 2 2 1 1 23px Malaya 1 2 2 FIJ colonial 1 2 1 CEY 1948 0 1 0 NGR colonial 0 1 0 WAL 1807 0 1 0 Sports Aquatics Diving Swimming Water polo Athletics Boxing Cycling Fencing Lawn bowls Rowing Weightlifting Wrestling Venues thumb|right|The opening ceremony of the 1950 British Empire Games. Eden Park (opening ceremony and athletics) Auckland Town Hall (Great Hall) (boxing and wrestling) Auckland Town Hall (Concert Chamber) (weightlifting) The Auckland City Drill Hall, Rutland Street (fencing) Western Springs Stadium (cycling and the closing ceremony) Lake Karapiro (rowing) Newmarket Olympic Pool (swimming, diving & water polo) Carlton BC and Remuera BC (lawn bowls) Accommodation was at the Ardmore Teachers' Training College, 23 mi km off away at South Auckland. References Further reading External links "Auckland 1950" commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport. "Results and Medalists—1950 British Empire Games" https://web.archive.org/web/20190403215844/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3032 3 April 2019. Thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Sydney British Empire GamesAucklandIV British Empire Games Vancouver Sports 1950s New Zealand British Empire Games Category:Sports competitions in Auckland Category:1950s in Auckland Category:International sports competitions hosted by New Zealand Category:Commonwealth Games in New Zealand British Empire Games Category:February 1950 sports events in Oceania